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synonyms for radioactive

  • contaminated
  • dangerous
  • hot
  • energetic
  • irradiated
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Thorium and uranium, which could be used for radioactive fuel, are found together in 34 regions that are areas of less than 80km wide.
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Members of the Borexino collaboration in Italy started by developing the technology to purge the materials from which they would build their detector of polluting radioactive ingredients.
WE STILL DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT’S INSIDE THE SUN—BUT THAT COULD CHANGE VERY SOONCHARLIE WOODNOVEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Yet when it comes to helping Guam veterans who have been historically exposed to toxic chemicals such as Agent Orange and radioactive materials, Veterans Affairs provides little to no help to these residents.
THE REAL LOVE INTEREST IN NETFLIX’S OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP IS THE US MILITARYRACHEL RAMIREZNOVEMBER 23, 2020VOX
Everyone knows Peter Parker, the guy from Queens who was bitten by a radioactive spider and became Spider-Man.
‘MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES’: LIKE ITS MOVIE COUNTERPARTS, A CONFIDENT AND ENTERTAINING SPECTACLECHRISTOPHER BYRDNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Wudan Yan looks at new attempts to tackle the problem of storing nuclear waste, some of which will stay radioactive for millions of years.
TO THINK YOUR WAY OUT OF A CRISIS, LOOK BEYOND ITKATIE MCLEANOCTOBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
As a result, the government has so far been unable to fulfill its legal duty to find a long-term home for America’s radioactive waste.
FINDING HOMES FOR THE WASTE THAT WILL (PROBABLY) OUTLIVE HUMANITYKATIE MCLEANOCTOBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
It’s called triso fuel, and it’s like a radioactive gobstopper.
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From Earth, there’s no way to know how much g­ravitational or radioactive heating an exoplanet gets.
READERS ASK ABOUT EXOPLANET HEATING SOURCES, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND COVID-19SCIENCE NEWS STAFFJULY 4, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
That’s because radioactive carbon from nuclear tests did not spread evenly throughout the oceans.
TRACES FROM NUCLEAR-WEAPONS TESTS OFFER CLUES TO WHALE SHARKS’ AGESMARIA TEMMINGMAY 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
He thinks the big comet which hit the earth contained radioactive gas that made us all into metal.
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